Gumawana

Introduction

Gumawana is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Milne Bay Province, Esa’ala district, Amphlett Islands, about 25 islands north of Fergusson. 7 villages.

Dialects

Gumawana, Kotoita, Nubogeta. Lexical similarity: 48% with Galeya (See: Galeya?), 47% with Dobu (See: Dobu) (most similar).

The Gumawana Verb

Verblist

• bagula, baguli -- to work
• bibi -- to squeeze
• bibina -- to grow
• dau -- to flow
• digo -- to say
• eli -- to dig
• gabu -- to burn
• gesi -- to cut, hack
• giluma -- to sew
• gimona, gimone -- to buy
• ginubaku -- to stab, pierce
• gita -- to see
• giwala -- to spit
• kaika -- to eat
• kamasa -- to die, be dead
• kamova -- to yawn
• kanamimi -- to dream
• kani -- to bite
• katupaeva, katupaeve -- to open, uncover
• katuyaivina -- to count
• kauli -- to chew
• kaumata -- to kill
• kaya -- to swim
• ketoiya -- to walk
• kinava, kinave -- to choose
• lagoba -- to vomit
• lauwo -- to hit
• lave, lova -- to throw
• lisi -- to breathe
• ma yawoina -- to live, be alive
• ma -- to come
• masisi -- to lie down
• masisi -- to sleep
• matoita -- to fear
• mauwo -- to fall
• mwera, tuko -- to climb
• nim -- to drink
• nowo -- to hear
• nuwonuwana -- to think
• samkone -- to sniff, smell
• sapala -- to swell
• sopu, sopuna -- to plant
• taiya -- to cry
• taoya -- to stand
• tasesala, taseseli -- to split
• towo, uwa -- to blow
• tusobu -- to sit
• tutu -- to pound, beat
• vainawana -- to steal
• vaipolu -- to cook
• vakauko -- to hunt
• valu -- to scratch
• vamou -- to hide
• vanama -- to laugh
• yagoi -- to know, be knowledgeable
• yoisi, yoita -- to hold
• yova -- to fly
• yowana -- to tie up, fasten